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Thursday 24 May 2012

File Management

File Management
Computer store the information in the different types of physical media. Like magnetic tape, disk etc.
Each media has to own physical organization.
A file is a collection of related information depend by its creator. File represent the programs and data.
Data file may be alphabetic or numeric. File storage media and define the concept of file.
O/s is responsible for different file management activities :-
(1) Create & Delete File
(2) Create & Delete directory
(3) Primitive for file and directly manipulation
(4) map file onto secondary storage.
(5) Back up file on stable storage.

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